A recent Oxfam report highlights that 8 men own as much wealth as 3.6 billion people – half the world. The report makes the point that this concentration in individual wealth drives poverty... Read more

The Finance Bill, the Social Welfare Bill and the budgets should be part of a bigger philosophical debate around what kind of a society we want to live in, now and in the future and about th... Read more

Beyond the headlines we have gone through and analysed Budget 2016 to give you the Good, the Bad and the Ugly details contained and what this means to you and what you care about. If you are... Read more

When Tony was first elected in 1982, he restored the faith in politics that many people had lost. Since the recession began that faith has definitely been tested many times over. This post i... Read more

I have previously spoken in the Dáil about the damage TTIP (Trans Atlantic Trade Investment Partnership) will do to Ireland; it will encourage private education which will contribute to a mo... Read more

Varied opinions on Vincent Browne last night by Pascal Donohoe, Pearse Doherty and Justine McCarthy on an issue I raised in disillusionment given the amount of calls and emails I receive fro... Read more